Austral Pygmy-Owl / Glaucidium nana
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Austral Pygmy-Owl
SCI Name:
Protonym: Strix nana Zool.J. 3 p.427
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Glaucidium
Taxonomy Code: aupowl1
Type Locality: Port Famine Straits of Magellan.
Author: King, PP
Publish Year: 1827
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GLAUCIDIUM
(Strigidae; Ϯ Northern Pygmy Owl G. passerinum) Gr. γλαυκιδιον glaukidion little owl, owlet < dim. γλαυξ glaux, γλαυκος glaukos owl; "IV. Fam. Strigidae ... Glaucidium: St. nana Tem; passerina Lin. u. a. m." (Boie 1826); "Glaucidium Boie, Isis von Oken, 1826, Bd. 2, col. 970. Type, by subsequent designation, Strix passerina Linné (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 6)." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 127).
Var. Gaucidium.
Synon. Microglaux, Microptynx, Noctua, Nyctipetes, Phalaenopsis, Smithiglaux, Taenioglaux, Taenioptynx.
nana
L. nanus dwarf < Gr. νανος nanos dwarf.
● ex “Petit Marteau” of Sganzin 1840 (Lepidopygia).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
